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Posted by Hank on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 14:02:56 :

In Reply to: OT - HELP ! Talk me out of buying a HUMMER ! posted by Tom @ Snake River on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 00:31:14 :

... in the fire department I used to be in as brush trucks. The Chief had it real bad for one, and they were available as surplus through the DRMO. He wanted one in the worst way.

The Apparatus Committee looked at the issue, and we learned the dark truth behind the Hummer - it is an incredible maintenance hog. The Army has, well, an army of young men to work on trucks. They could care less about having to take the thing halfway apart every other month to grease the framistats, or whatever. But the Department did, and chances are that you do too. We did not get a Hummer.

Now I understand that the H2 is in fact a Suburban with Hummer coachwork. I have a 2004 Suburban, and it is OK. Does its job, but consumes a bit more maintenance than it should IMHO. I don't know if the number of "maintenance points" from the H1 was carried over on the H2 versions, but you might want to look into it before you leap.

All this said, my experience is that once Hummer disease strikes a man, all he can do is get out his wallet. The price seems a little warm to me, $14,000-$15,000 would seem more like it. Just my $.02

H



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